New Mexico, 2001

Hail in New Mexico, June 21, 2001

June 21, 2001 · NWS ABQ · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.

  • Tornadoes
  • Tropical storms and surge
  • Floods
  • Wind
  • Hail
  • Winter weather
  • Heat and drought
  • Cold
  • Fire, smoke and dust
  • Marine and coastal
  • Other

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
None recorded
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
1

Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Albuquerque, NM wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 21, 2:53 PM MST, 2 hours 52 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 21, 2:53 PM MST, 2 hours 52 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
345 MDT THU JUN 21 2001

EXCEPT FOR THE POSITION OF UPPER LEVEL HIGH PRESSURE AND THE
RESULTANT STEERING FLOW TO MOVE THUNDERSTORMS OFF THE
MOUNTAINS...SYNOPTIC SCALE METEOROLOGY BECOMING LESS AND LESS OF A
FACTOR IN THE DAILY FORECASTS. SURFACE DEWPOINTS HAVE INCREASED
ENOUGH ACROSS THE AREA SUCH THAT DIURNAL OROGRAPHIC THUNDERSTORMS
EXPECTED UNTIL A FEATURE ARRIVES TO SCOUR OUT THE LOWER LEVEL
MOISTURE. NO SUCH FEATURE FORESEEN IN THIS FORECAST. WITH THAT IN
MIND...EXPECT A GENERAL SOUTHERLY MOVEMENT OF MOUNTAIN THUNDERSTORMS
NEXT SEVERAL DAYS AS 500 MB HIGH CENTER SETS UP OVER EASTERN AZ. BIT
OF A LEE SURFACE TROUGH EXPECTED TO DEVELOP FRIDAY-SATURDAY DUE TO W
TO NW FLOW ALOFT OVER COLORADO. THIS SHOULD BRING WARMING TO THE
EAST...BUT MOISTURE REMAINING HIGH WITH SOUTHERLY WIND COMPONENT.
THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL IN THE FAR NW PORTION OF THE AREA WILL DEPEND
ON THE STRENGTH OF ANY WESTWARD PUSH OF MOISTURE CAUSED BY NOCTURNAL
THUNDERSTORMS FURTHER EAST. THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY EXPECTED TO
GENERALLY INCREASE INTO THE WEEKEND.

THE BIG QUESTION IN THE NEAR TERM IS WHETHER STORMS STRENGTHENING
OVER THE SANGRE DE CRISTOS AT THIS WRITING WILL PROPAGATE SOUTH TO
ROSWELL OVERNIGHT...PER THE MESO-ETA. IF THIS HAPPENS...MOISTURE MAY
PUSH FAR ENOUGH WEST FOR BETTER PRECIP CHANCES AT KFMN AND KGUP. WILL
WAIT TIL JUST BEFORE 430 PM BEFORE MAKING THE FINAL CALL ON THIS. 42

CSM

.ABQ...NONE.

The radar

The Albuquerque radar (KABX), 139 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:46 UTC.

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Event by event

1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, San Miguel

When
June 21, 5:45 PM MST
Where
San Miguel County, Mineral Hill
Measured
1.75 in hail
Reported by
FIRE DEPT/RESCUE SQUAD
Coordinates
35.617, -105.400

What these are

Hail
Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

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Sources

NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5245650.